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FBR surpasses 7-month revenue target

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has surpassed the assigned revenue collection target of Rs2,550 ...

Published 13 Feb, 2021 04:11am

BR Research

ICTs: get smart

Lately, a few regulatory changes have stirred optimism in the ICT (information and communication technology)...

Published 12 Feb, 2021 07:35am

Govt employees’ protest forces govt to announce 25pc pay raise

ISLAMABAD: The protesting federal government employees Thursday brought the Centre to its knees, forcing it to give ...

Published 12 Feb, 2021 04:54am

Pakistan

KP’s three districts: USF awards contract to Telenor for high-speed broadband services

ISLAMABAD: The Universal Service Fund (USF) on Wednesday awarded contract worth around Rs 1.37 billion to Telenor ...

Updated 11 Feb, 2021 09:35am

Pakistan

62 more die of Covid-19 across country

ISLAMABAD: Authorities have reported 62 coronavirus deaths and 1,072 more Covid-19 patients over the past 24 hours...

Published 11 Feb, 2021 04:34am

Pakistan

National coronavirus death tally reaches 12,026: NCOC

ISLAMABAD: The national coronavirus death tally has crossed 12,000 mark and reached 12,026 as the National Command...

Published 09 Feb, 2021 04:43am

Pakistan

IT exports surge by 40pc in H1 FY 2020-21

He said the number of PSEB registered IT & ITeS companies as of November, 30 2020 was 2,746 compared to 2,121 valid registrations as of November, 2019.

Published 08 Feb, 2021 06:58pm

Pakistan

Typhoid vaccination campaign continues in ICT

ISLAMABAD: The government on Sunday continued Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TVC) campaign in Islamabad Capital ...

Published 08 Feb, 2021 03:46am

Pakistan

Senate panel passes three bills including Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020

ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Interior on Tuesday passed three bills including Criminal Laws (Amendment)...

Published 03 Feb, 2021 04:35am

Pakistan

Senate passes Compulsory Teaching of Arabic Language Bill – 2020

ISLAMABAD: Senate Monday passed The Compulsory Teaching of Arabic Language Bill 2020, a private-member bill moved by...

Updated 02 Feb, 2021 09:50am

Purchases made by previous govt: Govt to run school buses on cost-sharing basis

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to operate school buses purchased by the previous government in 2017 ...

Published 02 Feb, 2021 04:29am

Pakistan

Capital records 104 fresh corona cases in 24 hours: NCOC

ISLAMABAD: Covid-19 cases continued to surge in the federal capital as 104 new Corona cases were reported from the...

Published 01 Feb, 2021 03:39am

Pakistan

Federal capital records 100 fresh corona cases in last 24 hours: NCOC

He said the government had adopted effective strategy to combat COVID-19 that resulted reduction in corona cases in the country.

Published 30 Jan, 2021 12:43am

Pakistan

Covid-19: Pakistan reports 64 new deaths

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday reported 64 more coronavirus deaths bringing the national death tally to 11,514,...

Published 29 Jan, 2021 04:55am

Pakistan

Ministry drafts National Cyber Security Policy 2021

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication has drafted National Cyber Security Policy...

Published 29 Jan, 2021 04:55am

ECC meeting rescheduled for today

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has been rescheduled for Thursday...

Published 28 Jan, 2021 04:40am

BR Research

Scaling IT exports

While Pakistan’s telecom and IT-related services exports have done well in recent months, there is room for more...

Published 27 Jan, 2021 07:30am

Technology

USF awards Rs254mn Contract to Jazz

“This project will benefit an unserved population of 0.34 Million in 263 unserved mauzas, thereby covering an unserved area of 4,002 sq.km. of Jhelum and Chakwal districts.”

Published 26 Jan, 2021 10:26am

Pakistan

Release of accused in Daniel Pearl’s murder: SC declines Sindh govt’s request to grant stay against SHC order

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday declined the Sindh government’s request to grant stay against the Sindh ...

Published 26 Jan, 2021 05:05am

Opinion

Restructuring the tax system — III

While the FBR under the present economic team has performed excellently under the adverse conditions and despite...

Published 24 Jan, 2021 03:32am

Cellular licence renewal, additional spectrum auction: PTA re-initiates its process for AJK, G-B

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) re-initiated the process for cellular license renewal and...

Published 24 Jan, 2021 03:32am

Business

High tax rates reason for non-compliance: PRA chief

ISLAMABAD: The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) chairman Zain Sahi said the high rates of taxes remained the primary...

Published 24 Jan, 2021 03:32am

Pakistan

Covid-19: Pakistan reports 1745 new cases, 47 deaths

ISLAMABAD: According to the latest statistics of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) released here on...

Published 23 Jan, 2021 03:56am

Pakistan

Massive reshuffling in ICT police

ISLAMABAD: The Chief Commissioner’s Office issued notifications, regarding massive reshuffling and ...

Published 23 Jan, 2021 03:56am

Business & Finance

ICT jurisdiction: Scope of ‘IT & IT-enabled services’ expanded for 16pc tax collection

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has expanded the scope of “IT services” and “IT-enabled...

Published 22 Jan, 2021 04:47am

Editorials

Freeing capital flows

EDITORIAL: One important element behind attracting investment is the ease with which capital enters and exits a...

Published 22 Jan, 2021 04:47am

Pakistan

Enforced disappearances: Federal cabinet responsible for law, order in ICT: IHC

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday said that the ultimate responsibility of law and order in the...

Published 20 Jan, 2021 04:29am

Pakistan

Federal capital records 92 fresh coronavirus cases in last 24 hours: NCOC

He said so far 40,111 cases were reported from the federal capital while 457 deaths were reported from Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT).

Published 18 Jan, 2021 11:27pm

Pakistan

ECP office: Security plan for PDM protest finalised

ISLAMABAD: The city police have devised comprehensive security plan for forthcoming Pakistan Democratic Movement...

Published 18 Jan, 2021 04:10am

Rashid calls meeting with IGP ahead of PDM protest

ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid has summoned an important meeting on January 18 to review the law...

Published 17 Jan, 2021 04:13am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 2	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 2	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / May 2	155.37
USD to Swiss Franc / May 2	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 2	1.25
Euro to USD / May 2	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 1	5018.39
Nasdaq / May 1	15605.48
Dow Jones / May 1	37903.29
India Sensex / May 2	74720.19
Tokyo Nikkei / May 2	38236.07
Hang Seng / May 2	18192.04
FTSE 100 / May 2	8149.68
Germany DAX 30 / May 2	17906.01

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 2	79.53
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 2	20000
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 2	206619
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 2	2311.74
Cotton US¢/pound / May 2	77.01
Petrol/Litre / May 3	288.49

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 3 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 3 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 3 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 3 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 3 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 3 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 3 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 3 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 3 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 3 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 3 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 3 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 3 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 3 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 3 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 3 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 3 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 3 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 3 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 3 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 3 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 3 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 3 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 3 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 3 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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